Etymograph

English

snitz

Snitz comes from German schnitzen ‘to carve’, from Proto-Germanic *snittōną ‘to cut’, and ultimately from *snīþaną.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*snīþaną1‘to cut’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*snittōną2‘to cut’reconstructed
  3. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350snitzen2
  4. Germanc. 1650–presentschnitzen3‘to carve’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2007snitz3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Germanic *snittōną
  2. 2 Wiktionary, German schnitzen
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English snitz
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2007, Harry W. Rutt, Back porch memories: “We snitzed and canned 56 quarts of pears by…”.

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*snīþanąWiktionary, Proto-Germanic *snittōną‘to cut’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*snittōnąWiktionary, German schnitzen‘to cut’reconstructed
  3. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350snitzenWiktionary, German schnitzen
  4. Germanc. 1650–presentschnitzenWiktionary, English snitz‘to carve’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2007snitzWiktionary, English snitz. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2007, Harry W. Rutt, Back porch memories: “We snitzed and canned 56 quarts of pears by…”

Linked words

through Proto-Germanic *snīþaną ‘to cut’

snead, schnitzel, 3 more

Today it means

verb To slice.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “snitz”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Germanic *snittōną, German schnitzen. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *snīþaną / snitz

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